CVS Health is in the “home stretch” of the regulatory process with the Justice Department and state regulators for its $69 billion merger with Aetna, according to CEO Larry Merlo.

After a new study revealed that people in Hong Kong who report high levels of stress have a 240 percent higher risk of breast cancer, researchers have recommended the government institute a universal screening program.

Risk-adjustment models assessing hospitals’ stroke outcomes should include patient transfer status, argue the authors of a new study, who found centers that accepted more transfer patients treated a sicker population and experienced higher mortality rates.

Toni Woods is suing a New Zealand district health board (DHB) after her partner’s CT scans—which showed enlarged nodes on his chest and neck—were lost due to an IT error. After a year of continued illness and not knowing the results of the previous scan, Lindsay Collinson’s cardiologist ordered a new scan, which revealed metastasized cancer. Within four months, Collinson was dead.

U.S. counties heavily populated by Hispanics see higher rates of cardiovascular death than more diverse communities, according to a Journal of the American Heart Association report—a phenomenon that’s likely owed to a combination of language barriers, economic disadvantages and lack of access to quality healthcare.

Imaging leaders should encourage and promote the use of robust dialogue, according to a new commentary published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. By taking part in more reasoned arguments and debates, the authors argued, radiologists can improve the quality of care they provide to patients.

Town Hall Ventures, the investment firm started by former CMS administrator Andy Slavitt, has raised $115 million.

Multiple patient and provider groups have joined the American College of Radiology (ACR) in a call on Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (S.3456/H.R. 1298), according to an ACR release.